Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14
ouTsl1E NEW YORK HAR5oR.
Quaint scenes on the Fishing Banks.
All sorts Of Luck.

When the BAY Ridge had stopped net
work of lines went over her Sides Then
came period of fishless suspense A man
on tie upper deck hauled in his line, and
gaxea great cry Of disapp ointment when he
fCt.rld on his hook what looked like piece
Of glue It was jelly fish. The jelly
fish has very inexpensive features and is
about as ganiy us d single.
Suddenly cry Of excitement went mp
from the multitude An angler had got
bite. Ii was d most promising bite, and
great beads Of sweat stood ont on the
mans face as he hauled In 100 feet ofdfne.
Then the crowd greeted the poor little fish
on the end Of the line with jeers of de-
rigion. tt ives small, corpulent, yellow
fish, which some one said was q sea robin.
The knowing ones said that where the sea
robin nests the other fish are not to be
found; but, rs usual, the knowing ones
were wrong, for school of sea bass came
racing along and were lured aboard the
boat in great numbers IA novice came
down out of his state room wearing the
only plug hat on the steamboat, and was
greeted with cries Of tsSay, lend me the
dicer to put my fish in.''
The novice put away his silk tile, pur-
chased dapple gray sea hat for seventy
five cents, and threw his line into the sea.
1T wound itself around twenty other lines,
and the novice became the object Of much
Objurgation before his line was olsen
tangled. While he was working at the
snarl d hook from the upper deck came
down and took off his new hat. The
greatest of skill is required by those on
the lower deck to dodge the hooks from
above. Finally the novice dropped his
line down on the bed of the ocean and
awaited bite. When he pulled in he ex-
pected to bring i fish from the depths,
and he was nightly surprised to bring
down the tackle and curses of a man
above him OH the upper deck. Just when
his line went aloft he couldn't tell. 1t is
common hubit Of tackle to go up that
way, and frequently man on the lower
deck would call out to some fellow above
him: ssWhcn you get done with my line
send it down here.
"A vehement individual, who had
BROUGHT 10 luck along with, him began
at this juncture to scream: Move the
boatl''
A German. on the lower deck took up
the refrain, but stopped his noise when
he got an energetic bite.
ssGit gafI! Git q g&ff!'' shouted sew
eral men excitedly. Hes got whop-
peril
When the tacl-!e came in sight pJlny
sea bass was squirting on the end of the
hook He wac, however, the advance
courier of some big fish, "A fish on its
way to the upper Geek would slap man
Gown below square. in the face but the
man didn't seem to mind such an act of
familiarity.
The novice was thrown into paroxysm
Of glce by pulling up VI large blonde cb-
ject with blue eyes and an expressive
mouth like bull pup. 1t Yves a conger
eel. AS soon as it came aboard young
man came along and asked: "Diye want
that fellers''
The novice said no, and the young man
put the eel in his basket. This man repre-
scented a character that is always to be
found on fishing excursions. He collects
the fish caught by those who have no use
for them, and goes home at night and
smothers his conscience with layers of lies
about the number of fish he has c8ught.
The walls Of the cabin of the Lay Ridge
are adorned with portraits of the varieties
of fish that an excursionist is liable to
catch. Yesterday, however, the party
caught fish whose Hkenesses are not down
on the bills. One fish caught an angler
and was about to pull him down from the
hurricane deck when dozen willing
hands seized the line and hauled SUBJ
marine monster to the surface. It was d
young shark. There was great excite
ment when the shark tried to get aboard
/ the steamboat. One Of the anglers re-
duced him to a comatose condition with. a
blow on the head, and he ceased his
struggles and was laid out on deck just as
the screamer up above renewed his cry of
Move the boatr'
Everybody else seemed to be seized with
the same desire. 1t was said that no more
fish could be expected there after the shark